Building on the work of REVIS and the error analysis study I performed over summer 2023, I designed a logging system that utilizes VS Code's telemetry API to gather minimally invasive data on IDE interactions and compiler errors made by Rust programmers using the extension and participating in the study. My lab is currently working on discovering which programming decisions (and mistakes) correlate to learning progress in the Rust programming language!

What are the most frequent and costly errors for programmers to fix, and how can we design tools to make debugging them more efficient? I analyzed 10,957 Rust diagnostic messages recorded from students and categorized them into 1916 distinct resolution sessions to analyze error frequency and average time taken to resolve. As a result, I found that ownership errors, while less frequent, took longer on average to fix.

To understand how VR users and gamers view personal privacy, I surveyed 40 participants to find out which circumstances meet or do not meet their privacy expectations. I discovered that greatest concern lies in how biometric data and third party data is handled, and those that use these platforms more frequently have significantly lower privacy expectations than those who do only occasionally.